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The Buxton Energy Show is on Saturday 20th April.
It's an opportunity to find out about renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions for your home, workplace or community.
You'll hear from experts about electric vehicles and car chargers, solar panels and battery storage for your home, how to make your home more energy efficient as well as finding out about community projects in the area.
There will be presentations and expert panels waiting to answer your questions throughout the day.
Travelling Light will be on the Buxton Town Team's stand to talk about the role of shared transport; that is sharing lifts, vehicles or domestic electric vehicle chargers, as part of the 'Moving Together' project.
We will be in the Octagon in Buxton, SK17 6BE from 10:00 am until 4:30pm; hope to see you there!
Posted on 18th April 2024
by Julian Ashworth
From discussions with people in Bradwell we already know that there are some key transport issues of concern to local residents - unreliable buses, poor walking routes and traffic going too fast through the village.
Working with the local community, we are coming up with solutions - from identifying roads where speeds could be reduced, or vehicles could be restricted, to creating places within walking distance for the community.
We want to identify many solutions which would give Bradwell residents more choices and more opportunities to walk, wheel, cycle and get the bus. In partnership with Bradwell Parish Council, we ar organising community conversations this month to create and share ideas:
Thursday 25 Jan 3pm - 5pm @ Memorial Hall in Bradwell
Monday 29 Jan 6.30pm - 8.30pm @ Ye Olde Bowling Green in Bradwell
Like other events, we've planned some activities designed to help people come up with innovative ideas and start thinking about how to get those ideas up and running. The Community Conversations also have the support of a consortium of local organisations including Walk Derbyshire, Active Partnerships and Derbyshire Dales Borough Council. The local bus campaign group are invited too. So information shared will be going to the people with power to bring about the changes we need - from getting footpath improvements or having our voices heard by the bus companies.
Everyone is welcome, especially if you are based in Bradwell or regularly spend time in Bradwell.
If you are interested in coming along, please let us know so we can gauge numbers.
Can you help us spread the word?Three ways you can help:
1. Print off this poster and put it up where people will see it
2. Tell people you're coming along and invite them to come to
3. Share this information in a local community WhatsApp or email group
What ideas will the people of Bradwell come up with? Keep an eye on the map to see.
Posted on 15th January 2024
by Trish Maunder
In November we held our first in-person Community Conversations in Bamford - it was great to hear what the community had to say and the ideas they came up with.
Along with the ideas, we thought about the impact that changes would have on different groups. Because whether things stay the same, or change, some groups will benefit and others will not. As a community, we can decide together who we want to prioritise.
To help us get creative, we spent time building our understanding of the impacts that different forms of transport have on different groups, the societal and cultural influences that affect our travel choices, the barriers we face to different forms of transport. We also had fun envisaging what Bamford might be like with twice as much traffic (a multi-storey car park behind the Anglers Rest? For sale signs on all the houses?) and with half as much traffic (Bird song and children playing outside? A foot and cycle path running the length of the road, but behind the hedge?)
Our interactive mapis starting to fill up with ideas - you can join in...
All you need to do is Join the Conversation!
Couldn't make the in-person Community Conversation?Check out the full report here- you can see the imagery people came up with - which of the future Bamfords would you want to see?
And you can take part online whether you are a residentor a visitor to Hope Valley.
Posted on 28th November 2023
by Trish Maunder
What would happen if there were better local transport options in Hope Valley?
Many of us are restricted to certain places and certain modes of transport. Our recent survey showed that 55% of visitors in Hope Valley can’t do certain activities because they can’t get there. There’s plenty of ideas about how to progress - how about a lift sharing scheme? Or shared residential EV charge points? Or a park and ride? Or an affordable, regular and reliable bus service? But which ones are likely to work?
Phase 2 of Community Conversations is all about understanding the attitudes, barriers and motivations to different transport options. We'll get you to think a bit differently about your travel choices, and share some ways to sharpen the creative part of your brain... Phase 3 is about coming up with creative and imaginative ideas and thinking through the impact of those ideas.
Why not join us online to share your views and learn about others motivations?
We kicked off the in-person conversations in Bamford recently - have a look at what they got involved in:
If you want a future where you can travel to and through Hope Valley sustainably and easily, all you need to do is join the conversation.
Posted on 23rd November 2023
by Trish Maunder
A huge thank you to everyone who completed one of the surveys over the summer. We now have some excellent base data to inform the next stage of Community Conversations. Key findings from the surveys are:
You can read the full report here.
What happens now?Our next step is to work with residents on a village-by-village basis to identify a range of solutions that would result in people choosing to use active travel and public transport for journeys to the most common destinations. Crucially, we need to consider appropriate measures that help to deter people from driving for some journeys as well as measures to make other forms of transport easier or more appealing, but we will work with communities to identify and agree any measures before looking to implement them.
We are setting up face-to-face community conversations in Bamford, Grindleford, Bradwell and Castleton as these villages have had high response rates and volunteers keen to get involved. Online community conversations will continue through the Hope Valley and there will be opportunity for other villages to help organise face-to-face conversations in the future if we get sufficient responses and volunteers.
Even if we had a fantastic bus service and excellent walking, wheeling and cycling routes, car journeys will still remain a necessity. We are working closely with a consortium of travel organisations to explore shared mobility - various options such as lift sharing, car sharing and community clubs. Watch this spacefor more information in the next couple of weeks!
Posted on 20th October 2023
by Trish Maunder
We've had a fabulous summer meeting people at 8 events across the Hope Valley and beyond - we loved speaking to you all, learning about your travel woes, but more importantly hearing your ideas for solutions.
Last chance for the prize drawRemember to complete and submit your survey either as a residentor as a visitor.
Anyone who has completed and submitted their survey by 23.59on 31 August 2023 will have had the chance to be included in the prize draw* for a stay at the wonderful Underleigh House, hosted by Vivienne - the bed and breakfast featured in our recent set of short films, showcasing the work she has done to help her bed and breakfast, and her guests, be more sustainable. Find out more here.
Remember that once you've completed it you will be sent an email asking you to confirm your answers, just click on the link in the email to be sure you have submitted your survey.
*terms and conditions apply - click here for details
Reading this from 1 September 2023 onwards? The surveys remain open for you to share your travel patterns, it's not too late to make a difference, just a wee bit late for the prize draw.
Next stepsWe are planning the next phase of our community engagement approach: to hold Community Travel Conversations in different villages in Hope Valley. This is an opportunity to see the travel patterns for your village, to consider the impact that the travel choices we make have on each other and to start to imagine different futures for you village.
We will share the dates and venues with you as soon as we have them - we look forward to building a better travel options together.
Posted on 30th August 2023
by Trish Maunder
It was great to chat to so many people at Grindleford Carnival on Saturday, to learn about the travel challenges you experience in your village. Everyone we spoke to wanted things to improve, and to join the conversation with their community. Nearly 40 people committed to taking part.
Still to complete the survey?By spending just 10 - 15 minutes completing the residents survey or the visitors survey you will help to show the travel patterns from your village, giving us all the data we need to make decisions together about potential solutions.
Already completed the survey?Remember to click on the linkin the email you received on completion to ensure your views are submitted and heard.
Why not start a conversation with your friends, colleagues and neighbours about the project and encourage them to join the conversation too.
Community Conversations Champions CompetitionOn Saturday we also launched our two competitions - aiming to get as many people in every village to participate.
At each event over the summer we will give away a prize donated by Hope Valley Garden Centre to the person who refers the most people to complete the survey that day. Come and find us at the stall to find out more about how to enter! All you need to do is get people to join the conversation.
Additionally, there is a prize for the village / parish that has the highest completion rate of surveys by the 31 August 2023. We will donate £150 to a community initiative chosen by the village. Come and find us at the events to find out more - details also available on our website very soon.
Upcoming events:
Posted on 20th June 2023
by Trish Maunder
A huge thanks to each and every one of you who has contributed to the conversation so far - we've nearly hit 200 responses already!
Once you've completed the survey you will have been sent an email to confirm your contribution, please do check your email and click to confirm your answers so they can be added to the conversation.
Every contribution helps us to get the data needed for villages to start identifying the changes we want to see.
Why not ask friends and family to contribute to the visitors sectionor your neighbours to contribute to the residents section?
Travelling Light are travelling around Hope ValleyThis summer the Travelling Light team are planning to be in each Hope Valley village - at a carnival, fete or gala. Please do come and say hi - there's a chance to be updated on information from your village to date, a chat with us and other participants and to see how the next phases will work. Here's where we will be:
Village not listed?
Posted on 5th June 2023
by Trish Maunder